The Art Center Design College-Tucson

Location and Contact Information

2525 N Country Club Rd
Tucson, AZ 85716
USA
Main Tel: (520) 325-0123
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The Art Center Design College-Tucson is the main campus of the Art Center Design College. It is located in Tucson, Arizona and is a private, four-year institution. The Tucson campus offers associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in various degree programs, including illustration, advertising and marketing, interior design, animation and photography, among others. The center also provides a non-degree program to students. Its branch campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Art Center Design College-Tucson is home to a number of student organizations and clubs, including the AD Club and the International Interior Design Association, to name a few. The Tucson campus provides students with a number of scholarships, while helping its recent graduates secure employment.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in media and design.
  • High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
  • High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
  • Numerous part-time students.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Trimester.
  • Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Weekend study is an option.
  • Part-time classes are available.
  • ROTC.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 25,685
Books and supplies$ 3,500

Financial Aid

The Art Center Design College-Tucson participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 92% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant69%$3,826
Institutional Grant36%$1,300
Federal Grant69%$3,033
Pell Grant49%$3,403
Other Federal Grant67%$663
State or Local Grant8%$1,067

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan64%$5,540
Federal Loan64%$3,371
Other Loan23%$6,026

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to The Art Center Design College-Tucson:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1The Art Center Design College-AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque, NM294
2Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignDenver, CO573
3Delaware College of Art and DesignWilmington, DE220
4Waldorf CollegeForest City, IA582
5Southern Vermont CollegeBennington, VT456
6Dean CollegeFranklin, MA1,341
7Hiwassee CollegeMadisonville, TN116
8College for Creative StudiesDetroit, MI1,369
9Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, NY1,988
10Franklin CollegeFranklin, IN1,153

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Bachelor396
Associate13
1-2 year certificate 1

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; tenure not available  12

Students

Student enrollment was 355 in 2009-2010 (378 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Students under 25 years old represent 41% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 62% are full-time and 38% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men88%
Women78%
All83%

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

  • Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

DESIGN (25 awarded)

  • Design and Visual Communications
  • Interior Design

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

  • Fine Arts and Art Studies

MEDIA (13 awarded)

  • Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Photography